袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.8

1.8

有施主送絹與溈山。師問：「和尚受施主如是供餈，將何報答？」溈山敲禪床示之。師云：「和尚何得將眾人物作自己用？」（一本，溈山問師云：「有俗弟子將三束絹來與我贖鐘子，故與世人受福。」師云：「俗弟子則有絹與和尚贖鐘子，和尚將何物酬他？」溈山以拄杖敲床三下，云：「我將這箇酬他。」師云：「若是這箇，用作甚麼？」溈山又敲禪床三下，云：「汝嫌這箇作甚麼？」師云：「某甲不嫌這箇，只是大家底。」溈山云：「爾既知是大家底，何得更就我覓物酬他？」師云：「只怪和尚把大家底行人事。」溈山云：「汝不見達磨大師從西天來此土，亦將此物來人事。汝諸人盡是受他信物者。」）

A dānapati presented silk to Guishan. The Master asked, "The upādhyāya receives such offerings from the dānapati; with what will you repay him?" Guishan tapped the meditation seat to show him. The Master said, "How can the upādhyāya take what belongs to the public and use it as his own?" (In another version: Guishan asked the Master, "A lay disciple has brought three bolts of silk to ransom the bell for me, thereby gaining merit for the people of the world." The Master said, "The lay disciple has silk to ransom the bell for the upādhyāya; with what will the upādhyāya recompense him?" Guishan tapped the meditation seat three times with his staff and said, "I recompense him with this." The Master said, "If it is this, what is it used for?" Guishan again tapped the meditation seat three times and said, "Why do you disesteem this?" The Master said, "I do not disesteem this; it is just that it belongs to everyone." Guishan said, "Since you know it belongs to everyone, why do you still come to me seeking something to recompense him?" The Master said, "I only wonder why the upādhyāya takes what belongs to everyone to perform personal courtesies." Guishan said, "Have you not seen that when Master Bodhidharma came to this land from the Western Heavens, he also brought this object to perform courtesies? All of you are recipients of his token of trust.")